Earlier today, at Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs questions, Andrew Rosindell M.P., Member of Parliament for Romford and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, slammed the Government's obfuscation of the actual costs of the "Chagos Surrender Bill".
We should not be paying Mauritius a penny when we are giving up territory based on false pretense!
The Government have now been forced to admit the real cost of the catastrophic Chagos surrender deal: it is not £3.4 billion—oh no, Mr Speaker—it is a mind blowing £34.7 billion, which is 10 times more that we were told. No wonder Mauritius is planning tax cuts of its own, and it is British businesses and families who will pay the price. This deal leaves our country poorer, our defence capabilities damaged and our standing in the world weakened. Will the Minister now apologise to the British people for this epic failure in diplomacy, withdraw his Chagos surrender Bill and keep the islands British?
Andrew Rosindell M.P., Shadow Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
